Overview
- On Thursday official tallies showed Keiko Fujimori with 50.11% and Roberto Sánchez with 49.89% after 99.38% of ballots were counted, a lead of roughly 39,115 votes.
- Election authorities say about 140,000 challenged ballots remain to be adjudicated, with around 60% coming from Lima and Peruvians living abroad where Fujimori has stronger support.
- Sánchez’s party has filed legal appeals asking some votes to be voided and has called for protests in Lima, keeping the result contested while the courts examine disputed tallies.
- Observers from the OAS and the EU said the vote proceeded normally and urged patience, and markets and prediction markets have shifted as daily tally updates changed the perceived odds.
- If certified, Fujimori would be the first woman directly elected president of Peru and her victory would reopen questions about political stability given her family legacy and the country’s recent turnover of leaders.